As a teenager in Soviet Russia, #AynRand began drafting an untitled precursor to #AtlasShrugged—what she called “the story of the strike.” These early notes reveal a raw, radical phase of her thinking, where moral clarity and creative defiance were still taking shape.
A rare glimpse into the architecture of #Objectivism before it had a name: https://newideal.aynrand.org/the-lost-precursor-to-atlas-shrugged/
#bookstodon #philosophy #indIvidualism #LiteraryHistory #CreativeProcess
@zombiewarrior Here. We. Go. Again. https://newideal.aynrand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/
Would accepting Social Security benefits make Ayn Rand a hypocrite, since she opposed that program’s very existence? Critics should not attempt to answer this question without first reading and addressing Rand’s own published argument on the subject.
lol– isn't this literally the plot of #AynRand's #Fountainhead?
The pseudo-intellectuals among the #MAGA types purport to be Ayn Rand acolytes. Her individualist diatribes against socialism as the highest ideal, used architecture as a vehicle. She preached that "classic" design for everything was the path of stagnant dullards, unlike her protagonist.
Meanwhile maga pushes exactly that – everyone has to wear the same hat and conform to the leader's ideology. Who's the collectivist now?
Wie tickt Big-Tech?
In der ARD Audiothek gibt es eine Reihe Podcasts, die gut recherchiert und tiefgründig erklären, warum und mit welchen Zielen die Tech-Oligarchen gerade tun, was sie tun.
👉 https://kaffeeringe.de/2025/08/29/wie-tickt-big-tech/
#ARD #AynRand #BigTech #Deutschlandfunk #DonaldTrump #EffektiverAltruismus #ElonMusk #Extropianismus #Hörtipp #JeffBezos #Kosmismus #Longtermismus #MarkZuckerberg #PeterThiel #Podcast #Rationalismus #SiliconValley #Singularitätsglaube #TESCREAL #Transhumanismus #USA #Wirtschaft
Aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen (aber korrekt zitiert, s. Bild & Alttect): Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
In einer schnellen Internet-Recerche habe ich übrigens herausgefunden, dass das Dollar-Zeichen wahrscheinlich aus der Abkürzung für spanische Pesos (ps) entstanden ist - ausgerechnet ;o)
@eckdose @ennopark Here we go again: https://newideal.aynrand.org/what-gave-ayn-rand-the-moral-right-to-collect-social-security/
Would accepting Social Security benefits make Ayn Rand a hypocrite, since she opposed that program’s very existence? Critics should not attempt to answer this question without first reading and addressing Rand’s own published argument on the subject.
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